The fourth man charged in the shooting death of Surrey gurdwara president Hardeep Singh Nijjar had to make his first B次元官网网址渁ppearanceB次元官网网址� in Surrey provincial court on May 15 by telephone from Ontario, where he is being held.
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B次元官网网址淪pecifically IB次元官网网址檓 told that the Ontario court system uses a different messaging system than we do and theyB次元官网网址檙e not able to communicate with each other.B次元官网网址�
While B.C. uses Microsoft Teams, Ontario uses Zoom.
Amandeep Singh, 22, is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the June 18, 2023 killing of Nijjar, 45.
When he was arrested by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) on May 11 he was already in custody at the time for unrelated firearm charges out of Peel Regional Police in Ontario.
Singh is an Indian national who has lived in Brampton, Surrey and Abbotsford.
Nijjar was shot to death in the parking lot of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Newton. He was found in his truck suffering from gunshot wounds.
Bhupinder Singh Hothi, general secretary of Surrey's Guru Nanak Gurdwara, outside Surrey provincial court Wednesday following 1st court appearance of 4th murder suspect in Nijjar shooting.
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Singh was ordered to not have contact with three members of NijjarB次元官网网址檚 family and four other people. Jette also made a mandatory detention order under Section 515 (11) of the Criminal Code, with the help of a Punjabi interpreter.
Three other suspects from Edmonton had already been arrested and charged in the killing. Karan Brar, 22, Kamalpreet Singh, 22, and Karanpreet Singh, 28, are also charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
The four are to make their next court appearance on May 21, with Amandeep Singh again by phone and the other three by video from penal institutions within B.C.
On May 7 demonstrators gathered outside of Surrey provincial court while Karan Brar, Karanpreet Singh and Kamalpreet Singh made their first court appearance virtually by video.
Community members outside came with flags and signs, with some reciting religious chants quietly under their breaths as they hoped to learn more about how the CrownB次元官网网址檚 case will unfold.
May 15 saw a second round of this.
Bhupinder Singh Hothi, general secretary of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, said outside the courthouse that itB次元官网网址檚 the groupB次元官网网址檚 intention to attend every court appearance.
B次元官网网址淲e are all ready to attend all the hearings that will be held in this case,B次元官网网址� he said.
B次元官网网址淏ecause it is our leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar that got murdered and you know the cause he got murdered for, for raising his voice for the own Khalistan,B次元官网网址� Hothi said. B次元官网网址淪o he was our leader of that moment so thatB次元官网网址檚 why we all agree that we should be here at all appearances.
B次元官网网址淵ou cannot erase the voice of Khalistan, there is no fear, such fear,B次元官网网址� he added.
-With files from Anna Burns and Sobia Moman
